Pick five companies you are interested in investing in and prepare a wiki page that will include all of your companies.Your page name should be your first name and last initial. Please separate each company by using the "Insert Horizontal Rule" button on the editing toolbar. Your five companies must be different then everyone else. We will pick companies in class using a systematic method. The information that you need is below. For grading purposes each company should be set up the same way, see McDonald's example below. Be sure to have headings with bold font.
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Information that needs to be included for each company:
Company Name (linked URL)
Logo
Current Stock Price/Graph (embed graph into Wiki page)
Stock symbol
Market it is Traded on (NYSE/NASDAQ)
Do they have any new products they are researching or introducing to the market? (RSS feed of Press Releases from Company)
News about the Company (RSS feed about the company, but not released by the company)
Industry the Company is in
What they produce
Current P/E ratio and P/E ratio of 3 of their competitors
Dividend Information
52 Week High/low
Who are their competitors (3 links to competitors)
Grading:
20 points for each company that has all information above with labels for each category (see McDonalds example)
18 points for each company that is only missing 1 piece of information and has labels for each category
16 points for each company that is missing 2 items and has labels for each category
14 points for each company that is missing 3 items and/or items are not labeled
12 points for each company that is missing 4 items
10 points for each company that is missing 5 items
8 points for each company that is missing 6 items
6 points for each company that is missing 7 items
4 points for each company that is missing 8 items
2 points for each company that is missing 9 items
0 points for each company that is missing more then 9 items
Great Resources to use:
wikinvest.com
Stockcharts.com
BigCharts.com
NASDAQ
Dow Jones
NYSE
Yahoo Finance
Hoovers
CNN Money
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McDonald's MCD headquarters has moved back to Chicago after 47 years in the suburbs. "We were based on the edge of the city for about the last 40 something years," Easterbrook told CNBC Monday. The new facility is located in Chicago's West Loop,...
has been doing since day one, reminds CEO Todd Penegor. "We haven't seen any [sales] impact," Penegor told TheStreet at our sister publication The Deal's annual corporate governance conference when asked about McDonald's more aggressive entry int...
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Wendy's has been selling fresh beef since day one. So far, the chain is seeing no impact from McDonald's new marketing tied to its fresh beef roll-out.
Industry:
Restaurant
What they produce:
Copied from Yahoo Finance
McDonald's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide food service retailer. It franchises and operates McDonaldÂ’s restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Pick five companies you are interested in investing in and prepare a wiki page that will include all of your companies.Your page name should be your first name and last initial. Please separate each company by using the "Insert Horizontal Rule" button on the editing toolbar. Your five companies must be different then everyone else. We will pick companies in class using a systematic method. The information that you need is below. For grading purposes each company should be set up the same way, see McDonald's example below. Be sure to have headings with bold font.
Site to find companies on the NYSE Click Here
List of companies on the DOW Click Here
List of companies on the S&P 500 Click Here
Information that needs to be included for each company:
Grading:
20 points for each company that has all information above with labels for each category (see McDonalds example)
18 points for each company that is only missing 1 piece of information and has labels for each category
16 points for each company that is missing 2 items and has labels for each category
14 points for each company that is missing 3 items and/or items are not labeled
12 points for each company that is missing 4 items
10 points for each company that is missing 5 items
8 points for each company that is missing 6 items
6 points for each company that is missing 7 items
4 points for each company that is missing 8 items
2 points for each company that is missing 9 items
0 points for each company that is missing more then 9 items
Great Resources to use:
wikinvest.com
Stockcharts.com
BigCharts.com
NASDAQ
Dow Jones
NYSE
Yahoo Finance
Hoovers
CNN Money
Helpful Videos:
Stock Graphs
RSS Feeds:
McDonalds
Image borrowed from website
Stock Graph:
Stock symbol:
MCDStock Exchange:
NYSERSS Feeds from company:
McDonald's Corporation News Release - Corporate Press Releases
RSS Feeds from other sources:
Yahoo! Finance: MCD NewsIndustry:
RestaurantWhat they produce:
Copied from Yahoo FinanceMcDonald's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a worldwide food service retailer. It franchises and operates McDonaldÂ’s restaurants that offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 32,478 restaurants in 117 countries, of which 26,216 were operated by franchisees; and 6,262 were operated by the company. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
McDonalds 16.42Yum! Brands, Inc. 20.66
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 14.42
Wendy's International, Inc.248.24
Dividend Information:
Div & Yield: 3.08 (3.50%)52 Week High/Low:
85.92 - 102.22Competitors:
Yum! Brands, Inc.Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Wendy's International, Inc.
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